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The Old Brewery Quarter, also known simply as the Brewery Quarter or the Brewery ¼, is a modern
Despite an expansion in the 1980s, the site became too small for the brewery, and in 1999 Brains vacated the Old Brewery to take over the larger Cardiff Brewery. The Old Brewery site was redeveloped, a joint venture between SA Brain & Co and Countryside Properties (though Brains later bought out their partner), with the new area opening in October 2003.
The "Old Brewery Quarter" consisted of a Brains pub, the 'Yard Bar and Kitchen' (formerly The Albert) and a mixed development of of food outlets around an open-air piazza with 42 long-leasehold loft style apartments and penthouses and office space for small companies. The development has attracted a range of bar and restaurant operators including
The Old Brewery Quarter, also known simply as the Brewery Quarter or the Brewery ¼, is a modern mixed-use development
Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions ...
in the centre of Cardiff
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, Wales
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, on the site of the original Brains Brewery
Brains (S. A. Brain & Company Ltd.) is a regional brewery based in Cardiff, Wales. It was founded in 1882 by Samuel Arthur Brain. At its peak, the company controlled more than 250 pubs in South Wales (particularly in Cardiff), Mid Wales and the ...
, with entrances on St. Mary's Street and Caroline Street.
Background
Samuel Arther Brain bought the site in 1882, which was already known as the "Old Brewery", the first brewery on the site dating back to 1713. The site included a pub, The Albert.Redevelopment
Despite an expansion in the 1980s, the site became too small for the brewery, and in 1999 Brains vacated the Old Brewery to take over the larger Cardiff Brewery. The Old Brewery site was redeveloped, a joint venture between SA Brain & Co and Countryside Properties (though Brains later bought out their partner), with the new area opening in October 2003.
The "Old Brewery Quarter" consisted of a Brains pub, the 'Yard Bar and Kitchen' (formerly The Albert) and a mixed development of of food outlets around an open-air piazza with 42 long-leasehold loft style apartments and penthouses and office space for small companies. The development has attracted a range of bar and restaurant operators including Starbucks
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, Nandos
Nando's (; ) is a South African multinational fast casual restaurant chain that specialises in Portuguese flame-grilled, peri-peri style chicken.
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, Thai Edge, Pancake House, La Tasca, and Chiquito.
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